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Which day in history	3	16 Apr 2026 9:54 p.m. PST
Falkland War	15	13 Apr 2026 5:02 p.m. PST
Squadron Leader Kenneth Drury	4	31 Mar 2026 9:25 a.m. PST
The Decembrest 200th anniversary game	10	28 Dec 2025 12:11 p.m. PST
Founding of the U.S. National Guard (1636)	8	14 Dec 2025 7:29 p.m. PST
Battle of the River Plate (1939)	4	14 Dec 2025 5:20 a.m. PST
Lest we forget...	8	10 Dec 2025 7:57 a.m. PST
11 NOV. 2025	7	12 Nov 2025 9:36 a.m. PST
happy 250th birthday U.S. Marine Corps	9	12 Nov 2025 4:10 a.m. PST
Happy Veterans Day !	15	10 Nov 2025 10:24 a.m. PST
To the Immortal Memory.....	5	22 Oct 2025 1:56 p.m. PST
Things around us	6	20 Oct 2025 10:14 a.m. PST
Happy 4th of July USA !!!!	18	11 Jul 2025 8:03 a.m. PST
The AWI Reenacted Today !	19	01 Jul 2025 9:01 a.m. PST
USA ARMY ... kick'n butt for 250 years !	23	29 Jun 2025 11:07 a.m. PST
Clint Eastwood's 95th birthday	6	14 Jun 2025 7:15 a.m. PST
Armed Forces Day USA	8	14 Jun 2025 7:07 a.m. PST
Memorial Day 2025	5	26 May 2025 8:29 a.m. PST
Winston Churchill - 150th Birthday	10	09 Jan 2025 9:30 a.m. PST
Christmas Before Dickens	1	25 Dec 2024 11:14 a.m. PST
Let's hear your Mandela effects.	11	17 Dec 2024 2:28 p.m. PST
Dec 7,1941	6	07 Dec 2024 8:20 p.m. PST
A US president who is close to achieving something important	14	10 Nov 2024 9:37 a.m. PST
9/11	20	17 Sep 2024 10:15 a.m. PST
August 25th 1944 : Paris liberated!	10	10 Sep 2024 10:58 a.m. PST
Ended WWII and Changed the World	11	11 Aug 2024 2:10 p.m. PST
Happy 4th of July	8	04 Jul 2024 2:19 p.m. PST
Happy Canada Day !	8	04 Jul 2024 1:34 p.m. PST
Waterloo 209th anniversary	7	28 Jun 2024 10:39 a.m. PST
Hamburger Hill	6	14 Jun 2024 3:24 a.m. PST
D-Day 6 June 1944	10	10 Jun 2024 7:05 p.m. PST
Memorial Day salute to a lost aircraft	5	28 May 2024 12:10 p.m. PST
Memorial Day 2024	4	27 May 2024 8:52 p.m. PST
US Armed Forces Day	4	19 May 2024 6:51 p.m. PST
December 7th, 1941	15	08 Dec 2023 8:13 p.m. PST
Happy Veterans Day	10	14 Nov 2023 3:46 p.m. PST
Veterans' Day 2023	17	11 Nov 2023 3:28 p.m. PST
Happy 248th Birthday United States Marine Corps	7	11 Nov 2023 3:16 p.m. PST
USMC Barracks Destroyed 40 years ago.	12	30 Oct 2023 8:21 a.m. PST
Urgent Fury 40 years ago today ...	8	30 Oct 2023 8:02 a.m. PST
Never Forget	11	13 Sep 2023 8:14 a.m. PST
HAPPY INDPENDENCE DAY USA !	5	07 Jul 2023 8:20 a.m. PST
Juneteenth	24	21 Jun 2023 7:34 a.m. PST
US ARMY's B-Day	11	17 Jun 2023 5:44 p.m. PST
The Longest Day	15	07 Jun 2023 10:25 a.m. PST
Memorial Day 2023	3	29 May 2023 8:58 a.m. PST
For Cinco de Mayo, A Wonderful Account of "La Paloma"	3	29 May 2023 7:04 a.m. PST
Armed Forces Day	3	29 May 2023 7:03 a.m. PST
AUG 10, 1503 - Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands	1	10 May 2023 9:23 a.m. PST
King Charles	23	08 May 2023 8:32 a.m. PST
Coronation of King Charles III - Military Rehearsals	3	06 May 2023 8:41 a.m. PST
Fall of the Alamo	43	15 Mar 2023 7:17 p.m. PST
Remember December 27, 1979 - Soviets Invade Afghanistan ?	23	31 Jan 2023 8:45 p.m. PST
Pearl Harbor, 1941	11	09 Dec 2022 6:18 a.m. PST
Veteran's Day 2022	24	29 Nov 2022 9:55 a.m. PST
Marine Corps Birthday	7	10 Nov 2022 7:17 p.m. PST
9/11 ... It changed the World	18	10 Sep 2022 8:30 a.m. PST
Wait .. No one Posted a Happy July 4th USA ?!?!?	15	13 Jul 2022 9:34 a.m. PST
Glorious Glosters at Imjin River	22	09 Jul 2022 8:40 a.m. PST
Another 80th Anniversary Today: Repulse and Prince of Wales	23	20 Jun 2022 6:29 p.m. PST
US Army's B-Day !!!	7	14 Jun 2022 3:08 p.m. PST
HAPPY B-DAY US ARMY !!!!!!!!!!	7	14 Jun 2022 11:09 a.m. PST
78 years ago - Normandy Changed WWII and the World	8	07 Jun 2022 7:37 a.m. PST
Midway 80th	10	07 Jun 2022 7:36 a.m. PST
US Memorial Day	40	01 Jun 2022 4:49 p.m. PST
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Capitaine Pierre-Julien Hamon	21	13 Feb 2022 5:05 p.m. PST
FREEDOM!	9	10 Dec 2021 4:57 a.m. PST
Pearl Harbor, 1941	5	07 Dec 2021 5:03 p.m. PST
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6mm parachutes	8	18 Oct 2021 9:15 a.m. PST
US Independence Day - 4th of July	22	04 Jul 2021 6:27 p.m. PST
77 Years Ago Today ...	21	14 Jun 2021 10:41 a.m. PST
US Memorial Day This Weekend	11	31 May 2021 10:29 a.m. PST
To All My Brothers and Sisters........	12	15 May 2021 9:04 a.m. PST
Cinco De Mayo !!!!	9	07 May 2021 8:31 a.m. PST
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Pearl Harbor	27	14 Dec 2020 4:51 p.m. PST
11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month	7	12 Nov 2020 5:25 a.m. PST
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19 Years Ago Today ... 9/11 ...	16	12 Sep 2020 7:46 a.m. PST
July 23, 1759 Battle of Paltzig	2	23 Jul 2020 12:11 p.m. PST
Happy 4th of July... Rebels!	32	05 Jul 2020 11:00 a.m. PST
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